GLUTAMATE INDUCES A DEPOLARIZATION OF ADULT-RAT DORSAL-ROOT GANGLION NEURONS THAT IS MEDIATED PREDOMINANTLY BY NMDA RECEPTORS
GLUTAMATE INDUCES A DEPOLARIZATION OF ADULT-RAT DORSAL-ROOT GANGLION NEURONS THAT IS MEDIATED PREDOMINANTLY BY NMDA RECEPTORS
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DOI:
10.1016/0304-3940(88)90037-7
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发表时间:
1988-12-05
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
WEIGHT, FF
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作者:
LOVINGER, DM;WEIGHT, FF
The effects of glutamate, glutamate receptor agonists and substances that affect glutamate responses were studied, using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique, on neurons isolated from adult rat dorsal root ganglia. In current-clamp, glutamate (100 .mu.M) or the excitatory amino acid receptor agonist N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA; 10 or 100 .mu.M) induced membrane depolarization. Under volatage-clamp, these compounds induced an inward current that was voltage-dependent in the presence of Mg2+. The NMDA-induced current was inhibited by the NMDA receptor antagonist D,L-2-amino-5-phosphono-valerate (APV; 100 .mu.M), and potentiated by 100 nM glycine. Few neurons responded to the responded to the receptor agonists kainate (100 .mu.M), or quisqualate (1-10 .mu.M). These observations suggest that glutamate-induced depolarization of primary sensory neurons is mediated predominantly by NMDA receptors.